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Mar 24, 2022

The first male contraceptive that won't affect men's hormone levels is on the horizon. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
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A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year - https://gizmodo.com/a-birth-control-pill-for-men-could-start-human-trials-t-1848685598
"Scientists are still racing to create the first male contraceptive that isn’t a condom or surgery. In new preliminary research, a team says they’ve developed a non-hormonal form of male birth control, one that kept lab mice sterile for four to six weeks with seemingly no side effects. Early human trials of the pill are expected to begin by the end of the year.
The proposed contraceptive is the product of researchers at the University of Minnesota, who say it works by targeting how our bodies interact with vitamin A, known to be essential to fertility in mammals. Diets deficient in vitamin A have been linked to sterility, for instance. After a lengthy search, they found an experimental compound that blocks a protein responsible for binding to a form of vitamin A (retinoic acid) in our cells, known as retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). RAR-α is one of three proteins with a similar function, and the hope is that its selective blocking is enough to induce long-lasting but reversible sterility while causing little to no off-target effects elsewhere."
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The Damage Report: March 24, 2022

Hosts: Francesca FiorentiniDavid Shuster

Qanon supporters are getting riled up by the republican misinformation campaign, spearheaded by Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and Josh Hawley, against Ketanji Brown Jackson. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/us/qanon-supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson.html "The online world of adherents to the QAnon conspiracy theory sprang into action almost as soon as Senator Josh Hawley tweeted his alarm: that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Biden administration’s Supreme Court nominee, had handed down sentences below the minimum recommended in federal guidelines for possessing images of child sexual abuse. “An apologist for child molesters,” the QAnon supporter Zak Paine declared in a video the next day, on March 17, asserting without evidence that Democrats were repeatedly “elevating pedophiles and people who can change the laws surrounding punishment” for pedophiles." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

9 minutes

Cory Booker is one of the first democrats to make a statement in defense of Ketanji Brown Jackson as she faced three days being harassed by republicans at the supreme court confirmation hearings. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year - https://gizmodo.com/a-birth-control-pill-for-men-could-start-human-trials-t-1848685598 "Scientists are still racing to create the first male contraceptive that isn’t a condom or surgery. In new preliminary research, a team says they’ve developed a non-hormonal form of male birth control, one that kept lab mice sterile for four to six weeks with seemingly no side effects. Early human trials of the pill are expected to begin by the end of the year. The proposed contraceptive is the product of researchers at the University of Minnesota, who say it works by targeting how our bodies interact with vitamin A, known to be essential to fertility in mammals. Diets deficient in vitamin A have been linked to sterility, for instance. After a lengthy search, they found an experimental compound that blocks a protein responsible for binding to a form of vitamin A (retinoic acid) in our cells, known as retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). RAR-α is one of three proteins with a similar function, and the hope is that its selective blocking is enough to induce long-lasting but reversible sterility while causing little to no off-target effects elsewhere." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

5 minutes

Former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is removed from an airplane destined for Dubai for his shady passport situation. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Manafort Removed From Miami Plane Bound For Dubai - https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/manafort-removed-from-plane-in-miami-bound-for-dubai "Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was blocked from traveling to Dubai on Sunday, after Customs and Border Protection found that he had an invalid passport. Miami-Dade Police Detective Albaro Zabaleta told TPM that Manafort had been blocked from traveling on an Emirates Airlines flight to Dubai, emphasizing that CBP, and not local police, handled it. It’s not entirely clear why Manafort was blocked from leaving the country. KNewz, which first reported the story, said that Manafort’s passport had been revoked. The Miami detective told TPM that his passport had expired." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Ted Cruz gets caught being a total narcissist while sitting at the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: ‘Vanity surfing’: Ted Cruz caught name-searching on Twitter during Supreme Court nomination hearing - https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ted-cruz-twitter-mentions-supreme-court/ "United States Supreme Court nomination hearings are a spectacle like few others in American politics. While many participate in good faith, some politicians use the hearings to bolster their public profiles with grandstanding and, as Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) described it on Wednesday, “jackassery.” After a performance in Wednesday’s hearing that led even his former law professor Alan Dershowitz to blast him for “bigotry,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was caught checking his Twitter mentions. It seems Cruz couldn’t wait until the hearing ended to find out how social media was reacting to his performance on Wednesday, which included fighting with the Senate Judiciary Chair, demanding that Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson define what a woman is, and continuing to harp on Jackson’s record on child porn cases." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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President Biden meets with NATO at war summit to discuss the next moves towards Putin's military onslaught and announces the U.S. borders opening to refugees from Ukraine. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Biden brings more troops and sanctions to NATO amid rising fears of Russian chemical warfare - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/biden-brings-more-troops-and-sanctions-to-nato-amid-rising-fears-of-russian-chemical-warfare.html "President Joe Biden landed in Brussels on Wednesday for urgent meetings this week with members of NATO, the G-7 and the European Union as the continent reels from Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine that’s shattered 70 years of relative peace and security in the region. As the Kremlin wages its medieval siege war inside Ukraine, just outside the border, more than 35 countries have come together to help tip the scales in favor of Kyiv — the largest voluntary coalition in the history of modern warfare. Missiles, helicopters, Humvees, ammunition, body armor, intelligence reports, money and humanitarian aid are all flowing into Ukraine, where they are having a tangible impact on the course of the conflict." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, passed at age 84 leaving behind a mixed legacy. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as Secretary of State, Dies at 84 - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/madeleine-albright-dead.html "Madeleine K. Albright, a child of Czech refugees who fled from Nazi invaders and Communist oppressors and then landed in the United States, where she flourished as a diplomat and the first woman to serve as secretary of state, died on Wednesday in Washington. She was 84. The cause was cancer, her daughter Anne said. Enveloped by a veil of family secrets hidden from her for most of her life, Ms. Albright rose to power and fame as a brilliant analyst of world affairs and a White House counselor on national security. Under President Bill Clinton, she became the country’s representative to the United Nations (1993-97) and secretary of state (1997-2001), making her the highest-ranking woman in the history of American government at the time." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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Qanon leader, Ron Watkins, makes a creepy campaign video announcing his run for congress in Arizona. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: QAnon Leader Ron Watkins Surpasses Signatures Needed For Arizona Ballot - https://www.newsweek.com/qanon-influencer-ron-watkins-surpasses-signatures-needed-arizona-ballot-1690876 "ron Watkins, a leading figure in the QAnon conspiracy movement, has made it onto the ballot to contest the Republican nomination for Arizona's second congressional district. Watkins managed to gather 1,741 signatures that will see his name on the ballot, according to the Phoenix New Times. The QAnon influencer needed more than 1,400 to achieve his goal. In a video, uploaded to his Telegram channel on Tuesday, Watkins claims he was the first person to be certified on the ballot in the state's second district." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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The first male contraceptive that won't affect men's hormone levels is on the horizon. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year - https://gizmodo.com/a-birth-control-pill-for-men-could-start-human-trials-t-1848685598 "Scientists are still racing to create the first male contraceptive that isn’t a condom or surgery. In new preliminary research, a team says they’ve developed a non-hormonal form of male birth control, one that kept lab mice sterile for four to six weeks with seemingly no side effects. Early human trials of the pill are expected to begin by the end of the year. The proposed contraceptive is the product of researchers at the University of Minnesota, who say it works by targeting how our bodies interact with vitamin A, known to be essential to fertility in mammals. Diets deficient in vitamin A have been linked to sterility, for instance. After a lengthy search, they found an experimental compound that blocks a protein responsible for binding to a form of vitamin A (retinoic acid) in our cells, known as retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). RAR-α is one of three proteins with a similar function, and the hope is that its selective blocking is enough to induce long-lasting but reversible sterility while causing little to no off-target effects elsewhere." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Health Care Reform

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Trump verdict of no indictment proves so disturbing to the prosecutor on the case, Mark F. Pomerantz, that he resigned in protest to D.A., Alvin Bragg's, actions. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/nyregion/trump-investigation-felony-resignation-pomerantz.html "One of the senior Manhattan prosecutors who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations” and that it was “a grave failure of justice” not to hold him accountable, according to a copy of his resignation letter. The prosecutor, Mark F. Pomerantz, submitted his resignation last month after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, abruptly stopped pursuing an indictment of Mr. Trump. Mr. Pomerantz, 70, a prominent former federal prosecutor and white-collar defense lawyer who came out of retirement to work on the Trump investigation, resigned on the same day as Carey R. Dunne, another senior prosecutor leading the inquiry." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

Criminal Justice Reform

7 minutes

Russian troops are attacking hospitals and targeting the most vulnerable locations, reminiscent of the military horrors that happened in Syria. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Russia Accused of 'Under Reporting' Civilian Casualties Just Like in Syria - https://www.newsweek.com/russia-accused-under-reporting-civilian-casualties-just-like-syria-1690819 "Russian authorities' refusal to claim responsibility for a single civilian death during its invasion of Ukraine has drawn comparisons to the country's military operations in war-torn Syria. Despite Russia's denial that it has targeted civilians during its invasion of Ukraine, human rights organizations and the United Nations have tallied a rising death toll on the country's population. Similarly, Russian officials have denied they are responsible for causing any civilian deaths in Syria, contrary to independent tracking by nongovernmental organizations. Between February 24 and March 15, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 1,900 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 726 people killed, among them 52 children. Most of the deaths were caused by explosive weapons in populated areas, according to the U.N. agency." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks

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New page: The first male contraceptive that won't affect men's hormone levels is on the horizon. Francesca Fiorentini and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year - https://gizmodo.com/a-birth-control-pill-for-men-could-start-human-trials-t-1848685598 "Scientists are still racing to create the first male contraceptive that isn’t a condom or surgery. In new preliminary research, a team says they’ve developed a non-hormonal form of male birth control, one that kept lab mice sterile for four to six weeks with seemingly no side effects. Early human trials of the pill are expected to begin by the end of the year. The proposed contraceptive is the product of researchers at the University of Minnesota, who say it works by targeting how our bodies interact with vitamin A, known to be essential to fertility in mammals. Diets deficient in vitamin A have been linked to sterility, for instance. After a lengthy search, they found an experimental compound that blocks a protein responsible for binding to a form of vitamin A (retinoic acid) in our cells, known as retinoic acid receptor alpha (RAR-α). RAR-α is one of three proteins with a similar function, and the hope is that its selective blocking is enough to induce long-lasting but reversible sterility while causing little to no off-target effects elsewhere." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks - TYT.com